Celebrate the return of elk herds at Utah’s Hardware Ranch with festival Saturday

To celebrate, the Division of Wildlife Resources is planning an elk festival Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the ranch, 16 miles east of Hyrum on Utah 101 in Blacksmith Fork Canyon.

Hardware Ranch manager Brad Hunt said as of last week there are already 350 elk in the area where sleighs or wagons are pulled.

Except for a fee to ride through the elk herd ($5 for those 9 and older and $3 for those 4 to 8), all of Saturday’s festival activities are free.